Hello, I consider myself a beginner in Linux, although I’ve used it in the past on another laptop, but that’s not really relevant. The point is that I’m currently using another, somewhat older device (in my view).
I was on Windows 10, but due to recent events and because I want to learn and improve my skills with operating systems, I returned after a few years to Manjaro KDE Plasma.
The problem is that everything works except my microphone. I got tired of searching for something that would solve the issue in a way I could understand. I don’t want to take a drastic step like going back to Windows 10. Besides that, I genuinely like the platform and want to use it to better understand the Linux experience.
Sorry if the text also sounds confusing, I ask for a bit of patience with me. I’m a bit afraid of being criticized because of my lack of knowledge. If possible, could you help me and guide me in learning and understanding this Linux distribution?
Please forgive me for any mistakes in my English, as I am not a native speaker.
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You should be fine as long as you follow instructions provided by the helpers here, and provide information such as command output or logs if requested. After all, we were all newbies once-upon-a-time.
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That means browsing the forum and using the search feature to see if an issue identical or similar to yours already has a solution. Also, the following 2 wikis are very useful:
Anyway, make sure you provide the inxi -zv8 output and hopefully one of the forum’s audio experts will be able to help you.
Hello, thank you for informing me about this factor—I found it interesting. Anyway, I used the alsamixer command and selected my microphone (which I didn’t expect to be recognized by the system). I noticed that Mic Boost and Capture were at maximum, with only Internal Mic Boost set to 00. I tested whether changing it would help and set it to 100, but the problem still persists. I suspect that the system is probably using the internal microphone.
In any case, thank you for guiding me.
By the way, I installed Hardinfo 2 to check the input devices, and my external microphone was listed as “HDA Intel PCH Mic.” I’m not sure if this helps much—it was probably already mentioned in that list of important information about my machine (I say that because I saw something similar, or maybe I’m just overthinking it).
Thank you for your patience, and sorry for being a bit clumsy and for the somewhat confusing text—my English isn’t very good.
